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Australian documentary makers display their
story-telling skills and endless curiosity about
our world from Adelaide to Afghanistan and
beyond. Now in its fifth year, the Foxtel Australian
Documentary Prize competition showcases
the best of Oz docs on the big screen.
Paul Gallasch,
director of Killing Anna,
the 2012 FOXTEL Australian
Documentary Prize winner
Audrey of the Alps
Fri 14 Jun 6:00 PM EV9
Australia, France | 2012 | 76 mins | In French with
English subtitles
Director: Grace McKenzie | Producer: Claire Jager |
Production Company: Electric Pictures
Twenty-something Audrey isn’t entirely sure what she
wants to do with her life. Other young women in her
position would most likely backpack or volunteer, but
Audrey decides to sign on as a shepherd for the season.
In the high pastures of the French Alps, Audrey and her
boyfriend take on the daunting task of marshalling 1700
recalcitrant sheep, a handful of goats and six dogs. Often
at odds with her pragmatic employers, Audrey struggles
to learn shepherding ways, until she finally discovers her
inner strength. Director Grace McKenzie’s close rapport
with her subjects is evident in their openness towards her
always-at-the-ready camera.
Guest filmmakers in attendance
GracE McKEnziE has worked as a cinematographer
and assistant editor on films including The Cup, Last Dance,
Mental and Meet Me Under the Mango Tree (SFF 2009). She
is also works as a photographer. Audrey of the Alps is her
directorial debut. Her body of work includes solo and group
photography exhibitions in Melbourne and Perth, and
cinematography for a documentary, No One Eats Alone.
Big NAme No BlANket
Sat 15 Jun 7:15 PM EV9
Australia | 2013 | 57 mins | In English
World PrEMiErE
Director: Steven McGregor | Screenwriters: Lisa Watts, Steven McGregor |
Producers: Rachel Clements, Lisa Watts | Production Company: Night Sky Films
The charismatic and inspirational frontman of the Warumpi Band,
George Rrurrambu Burarrawanga, hailed from Elcho Island, off
the coast of Arnhem Land. George moved to Papunya (northwest
of Alice) to get married, and joined Sammy Butcher, his
brother-in-law, in a band named after a small local community
and honey-ant dreaming site. With Sammy on guitar, his brother
Gordon on drums and songwriter Neil Murray, they took to the
road. The first musicians ever to release a pop record in an
Aboriginal language - ‘Jailanguru Pakarnu’ (’Out of Jail’) –
they rocked Australia from the Centre out in the ’80s. Steven
McGregor’s impressive documentary, filled with interviews, clips
and scorching music, follows George’s story, from his island home
to his premature demise.
Guest filmmakers in attendance
StEVEn McGrEGor is an Indigenous writer/director
from Darwin and a graduate of AFTRS. His films include
My Brother Vinnie, 5 Seasons, In a League of Their Own,
Cold Turkey and Croker Island Exodus (SFF 2012).
BuckskiN
WEd 12 Jun 6:45 PM EV9
Australia | 2013 | 57 mins | In English and Kaurna
World PrEMiErE
Director: Dylan McDonald | Producer: Penelope McDonald |
Production Company: Chili Films
Like many young Aboriginal men, Jack Buckskin grew up
not knowing his traditional language and culture, as it had
been driven almost to extinction a hundred years ago.
Living on the edge of Adelaide, a life-changing event set
him on a new path. Now Jack is on a mission to renew the
Kaurna language and culture, the language of the Adelaide
Plains, and teach it to as many people as he can in his
lifetime. As his Uncle Steve says, “People who are still very
strong in their culture walk differently.” And Jack Buckskin
is no exception to this.
Guest filmmakers in attendance
dylan Mcdonald is a young filmmaker who is also
a keen musician and photographer. He says he was
attracted to Jack Buckskin’s vision and infectious
enthusiasm and decided that his story had to be told.
the crossiNg
thu 6 Jun 6:15 PM EV9
Australia | 2012 | 86 mins | In English
World PrEMiErE
Director: Julian Harvey | Producers: Clark Carter, Julian Harvey,
Enzo Tedeschi | Production Company: Distracted Media
Two young Aussie guys, Clark Carter and Chris Bray, decide
to cross a remote island in the Arctic – just for the hell of it.
To say they’re game is an understatement, and once you
see the knee-deep mud and razor-sharp rocks, you’ll
quickly realize why no one has attempted this before. With
teeth gritted and their homemade kayaks fully loaded, the
duo head off into the frozen wilderness. The film is edited
from more than a hundred hours of stunning footage shot
by the travellers themselves.The Crossing is a 21st century
boy’s own adventure that successfully shows the duo’s
inner and outer worlds.
Guest filmmakers in attendance
Julian harVEy – an adventurer himself – is
co-founder of Distracted Media. He wrote and produced
the award-winning feature The Tunnel and created
the web series Event Zero. He won Breakthrough
Independent Producer of the Year at the 2011
SPAA Awards.
love city JAlAlABAd
Fri 7 Jun 6:30 PM EV9
Australia, Afghanistan | 2013 | 97 mins | In English and Pashto
with English subtitles
World PrEMiErE
Director: George Gittoes | Screenwriters: George Gittoes, Torstein Grude |
Producer: Torstein Grude | Production Company: Piraya Film, Gittoes Productions
Internationally renowned filmmaker and artist George Gittoes
has learned that documentation of frontline action is not
enough; he wants to use art to bring about change. He forms
a Yellow House, an artists’ collective, in the western Afghan
city of Jalalabad – a province long controlled by the Taliban.
Next he decides to make movies, recruiting female actors from
Pakistan (there are no Pashtun-speaking Afghan women
actors) to join Australian performance artist Hellen Rose, and
action star Amir Shah. Determined to film an Afghan story, not
a foreign one, Gittoes is often stymied in his attempts, but his
dogged determination wins through.
Guest filmmakers in attendance
GEorGE GittoES is a painter, filmmaker and
photographer with a number of major international exhibitions.
He was awarded an Order of Australia for his contribution
to the arts. His films include: Soundtrack to War, Rampage
(SFF 2006) and The Miscreants of Tallwood.
miss Nikki ANd the
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thu 13 Jun 6:30 PM EV9
Australia | 2012 | 74 mins | In English and Burmese with
English subtitles
auStralian PrEMiErE
Director: Juliet Lamont | Producer: Jessica Douglas-Henry |
World Sales: Films Transit International
Director Juliet Lamont (winner of SFF’s 2010 FOXTEL
Australian Documentary Prize with The Snowman ) returns
to the festival with the insightful and entertaining story of
Burma’s first girl band. The five young girls, led by their
Australian mentor Miss Nikki, face all the challenges of a
music career, including hard-headed music entrepreneurs,
picking the right image, and overcoming stage fright. They
also have to contend with the massive changes sweeping
their homeland, as the reigns of the military regime are
loosened. Is their girl power tough enough to break through
age-old cultural traditions, and what will they lose along
the way?
Guest filmmakers in attendance
JuliEt laMont'S debut short film Burst screened at
Telluride’s Filmmakers of Tomorrow in 2006. Her feature
documentary The Snowman screened at IDFA Amsterdam,
won the 2010 FOXTEL Prize and was nominated for an
AFI Award.
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2013
SFF.ORG.Au
16 FOxTEL AuSTRALIAN DOcuMENTARY PRIzE